435: The Power of Pessimism - COVID-19 Survival
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Lucas Rockwood
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🗓️ 28 October 2020
⏱️ 23 minutes
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The Power of Pessimism - COVID-19 Survival
with Lucas Rockwood
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What if this COVID-19 crisis lasts another six months? Or another two years? Our work and lifestyles are being radically redefined, and most people are taking a “wait and see’ approach, doubling down on Netflix, and waiting for big pharma to fix this mess.
Maybe it’ll work. Maybe it’s almost over. Or maybe, this is just the start of a whole new future we can’t even fully comprehend yet.
Human psychology is such that fear and pain incite personal growth more than pleasure or optimism. With that in mind, what if we all game-out the worst case scenarios. Let’s assume for the sake of this exercise that this crisis will last one or two years more, and let’s use this uncertainty as a forcing factor for changes that would otherwise take five or ten years to manifest.
On this week’s podcast, we’ll explore the power of pessimism, the importance of focus, and how to find the signal through the noise during these challenging times.
Listen & Learn:
- Why “Defensive Pessimism” can set you up for a win during crisis times
- Why a “smile or die” outlook can be personally and professional dangerous
- How to embrace change and embrace loss
- How to focus on health, wealth, relationships during this time
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| 0:00.0 | So what if this COVID-19 crisis lasts another six months? What if it lasts another two years? |
| 0:09.4 | Our work and our lifestyles, everything's being radically redefined right now and I find that most |
| 0:14.3 | people are taking a wait-and-see approach they're doubling down on Netflix they're |
| 0:18.2 | waiting for big pharma for a vaccine to come to fix all of this and who knows |
| 0:22.4 | maybe it'll work maybe it's almost over |
| 0:24.4 | or maybe this is just the start of a whole new future that we can't even fully |
| 0:28.1 | comprehend yet. If you're new here it's the Lucas Rockwood show I'm a yoga |
| 0:32.3 | teacher trainer serial entrepreneur I'm a yoga teacher, a trainer, a serial entrepreneur. |
| 0:34.6 | I'm the father of three kids, but first and foremost, |
| 0:36.7 | I'm a student, and I use this show as an excuse |
| 0:39.1 | to go out into the world and find people writing books, |
| 0:42.1 | doing medical research practicing |
| 0:44.0 | meditation I try to bring their best work to you here on the show so that we can |
| 0:48.0 | all live more fulfilled lives. This week's show is a departure from my usual show format. |
| 0:53.6 | It's just me, no guests. |
| 0:55.2 | Just wanted to share some of my thoughts |
| 0:56.5 | as we are here deep into the second wave of the COVID crisis |
| 1:00.2 | here in Spain with no real end in sight and we're currently in the state of emergency |
| 1:04.7 | for the next six months. |
| 1:06.6 | Kind of a dismal outlook and here's what I know. |
| 1:10.1 | Human psychology is such that fear and pain incite personal growth way more than pleasure |
| 1:16.3 | or optimism. |
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